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Dr. Alaina Steele

Dr. Alaina Steele

Courses Taught at Âé¶¹Éç: 

  • CRJ 105 - Leadership and Integrated Experience
  • CRJ 140 - Introduction to Criminal Justice
  • CRJ 320 - Juvenile Justice
  • CRJ 305 - Internship
  • CRJ 325 - Criminal Justice Ethics
  • CRJ 475 - Organized Crime
  • CRJ 515 - Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice
  • CRJ 533/633 - Juvenile Delinquency

Certificationsdecorative certificate

  • Certificate in Effective College Instruction. Association of College and University Educators, 2023.

Education: 

  • BS: Criminal Justice from Âé¶¹Éç, 2012
  • MS: Criminal Justice from University of Cincinnati, 2014
  • PhD: Criminology and Criminal Justice from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2020

Main Research Interests: 

  • Deterrence Theory
  • Procedural Justice Theory
  • Crime Prevention
  • Philosophies of Punishment

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Dr. Alaina Steele

Dr. Alaina Steele

Assistant Professor
Criminal Justice

102B John W. Carr Hall

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